Jean Aurel (6 November 1925 in Rastolita, Romania – 24 August 1996 in Paris) was a Romanian-born French film director and scriptwriter. Notably, he co-wrote La Femme d'à côté (The Woman Next Door) with François Truffaut and Suzanne Schiffman.
Selected filmography
Mata Hari's Daughter (1954) Frou-Frou (1955) Maid in Paris (1956) Women's Club (1956) It Happened in Aden (1956) Gates of Paris (1957) Une Parisienne (1957) Taxi, Roulotte et Corrida (1958) Le Trou (1960) Please, Not Now! (1961) 14-18 (1963) De l'amour (1964) Lamiel (1967) Manon 70 (1968) (1969) Vivre ensemble (1973 – actor) Like a Pot of Strawberries (1974) Love on the Run (1979) The Woman Next Door (1981) Confidentially Yours (aka Finally, Sunday!; 1983)